What's your current board like?

[patl]

I need to buy/build a board (likely build, as I'm nowhere near complete with my pedal set). But, my regular setup for a church band is:

Korg Pitchblack -> Barber Tonepress -> Fulltone Full-drive 2 -> Keeley modded Blues Driver -> volume pedal -> Superchamp XD, on which I use channel 1 and a bit of reverb as a general rule.

My current rig is at this flickr page (with notes):

[firesgt911]

What I currently run changes like the weather, but usually this:

(not in order, plus I'm at work so stuff may get left out)

Fender Tuner
EHX Big Muffs X4 (Russian, 77,78 and newer NYC)
EHX Small Clone
Digitech Bad Monkey
EHX Small Stones X2 (different positions in the loop for different sounds)
MXR Distortion + (GREAT little pedal!!!)
DOD OD/Preamp 250 (as a clean boost)
ProCo Rat II
Boss Metal Zone
EHX Metal Muff
EHX Bassballs
Roland Af-60 Bee Gee (Amazing vintage fuzz)
MI Audio Blues Pro (Great OD!)
Boss RC-2
MXR Phase 45 (great mild phaser)
Vox V848 Clyde McCoy Wah
EHX Switch Blade (to run amps in stereo)
Metalpedals Screaming Whore I

Not in the mix:
DOD Supra Distortion (got free in a trade)
mid 70's EHX Muff Fuzz and LPB-1
Fuzz I built (I have no future in pedal making!)

In the mail:
Boss Flanger and Boss Octaver

My little collection changes a lot. Once I get bored with something, I trade it for something new. I am always on the look out for a different, cool fuzz! I don't use a board right now. Since my rig has gotten so big, I just use the floor in the old music room.

[ckim715]

GFS Tuner
Dunlop Crybaby Classic Wah (mods on circuit board, true bypass)
Electro Harmonix LPB-1
Gearmanndude Luther Drive
Cmatmods Signa Drive
General Guitar Gadgets TOCT Octavio clone

[Hugh]

Originally Posted by Hugh

No board yet but here's my humble list :

-Barber Direct Drive LG
-Barber Launch Pad
-DOD Milk Box
-Digitech Multi Voice Chorus
-Danelectro Chicken Salad
-cheap generic volume pedal (to be replaced w/an Ernie Ball Jr or a Goodrich down the road)
-Zoom 505 and Zoom 504

Will be adding a couple of gadgets from zb later on
ZB Pedals by ZooBoo, Ltd.

Got a board finally, Pedaltrain Jr. Picked up a Dano Fish 'n Chips eq.

Just got the velcro on it and the pedals, and hooked up the One Spot to power it. The Digitech chorus will have to be powered by it's own wall wart, but I've got one so no biggie.

click to zoom

[boujsquier]

My board has changed a fair bit in the last year ... I really like the 32" wide Pedaltrain boards but couldn't bring myself to pay the $$$ for one when I have other gear needs ...

So I made one from wood with the same specs, applied Industrial Velco to completely cover the entire pedal board surface and installed some cable clips on the bottom side to provide some power cable management for the Godlyke power supply unit and the pedal patch cables.

My pedal chain is as follows ( I placed the Buffered pedals at the front and end of the chain, and the true bypass pedals between; this has solved a treble loss problem I was having when going from a buffered pedal into a true bypass followed by a buffered etc ..)

Ibanez TS-9 Tubescreamer
Dunlop GCB-95 Wah
Danelectro Cool Cat Transparent Overdrive V1
Danelectro Cool Cat Transparent Overdrive V2
Danelectro Cool Cat Distortion
Electro Harmonix Big Muff
Planet Waves Strobe Tuner
Danelectro Cool Cat Vibe
Boss DD-20 Gigadelay

[firesgt911]

I don't know how, but I forgot my Keeley Fuzz Head.

[TreRocker]

I just re-did my board. I started out with the mission "to use every pedal I own." WEll, I traded some in, and use some more as part of my keyboard rig.

But anyway, here is my guitar signal path:

from guitar to first furman pedal board. It has a switchblade, going between a tuner and an NS-2. The NS-2 loops everything following:
1. LPB-1 linear boost
2. Analogman Peppermint Fuzz Dark flavor
3. Analogman Peppermint Fuzz Bright flavor
4. OK Fuzz by Devi Ever

Then, on the second pedal board:

1. Big Muff Pi
2. Crybaby Wah
3. Octave Multiplexer
4. Full-Drive2 MOsfet
5. TS-808 (almost always on)
6. DS-1
7. Rat2
8. Super Comp by MXR (almost always on)
9. GE-7, (always on)
then back to the ns-2, then also on the first pedal board is another switchblade, two amp foot switches,

in the loop I have:
1. LPB-1 to get better sound out of pedals (always on)
2. MXR Phase 90
3. BF-3 Flanger
4. CE-2 Chorus (on a lot)
5. EHX Small Clone
6. BBE Mind Bender
7. TR-2 Tremolo
8. MXR Carbon Copy (on nearly always)
9. DD-7 Delay/Looper
10. LPB-1, this time used as buffer and to neturalize any volume adjustment caused by the first one. (always on)

[Xchekker94]

1960 Stratocaster / 1978 Les Paul Custom

Boss TU-2
Block-Script MXR Dyna Comp
Thomas Organ Model 95-910511 Wah w/FoxRox Wah Retrofit and true bypass mod
Dallas-Arbiter Fuzz-Face w/AnologMan Brown mod
Roger Mayer Octavia

MARSHALL DSL-201 Combo

Effects loop send >Block-Script MXR Micro Chorus > KR Electronics MegaVibe with expression pedal> Block-Script MXR Flanger > Danelectro Reel Echo > Effects loop return

[Hugh]

Originally Posted by boujsquier

My board has changed a fair bit in the last year ... I really like the 32" wide Pedaltrain boards but couldn't bring myself to pay the $$$ for one when I have other gear needs ...

Yea, kind of pricey. I was going to make my own board as well, but the case is nice so I grabbed it.

[JKSteger]

Originally Posted by JKSteger

Main board:
Guitar->
Behringer Wah, Behringer Tuner, EHX Small Stone, EHX Metal Muff nano, Sparkle Drive, Bad Monkey, Gov'nor, Analog Chorus, Analog Delay (slap back), Line 6 Echo Park Delay Pedal, Volume Pedal, -> Vox Pathfinder 15R (speaker out goes to a single 12" speaker)

Jeremy

Changed up quite a bit...

Guitar -> tuner -> VOX wah -> Barber Direct Drive -> volume pedal -> Boss DD6 delay -> Peavey Triumph 60 tube amp -> Marshall 4x12 cab.

I've trimmed all the fat as much as I can.

Jeremy

[jeremy blaze]

Guitar>into skb ps-45>tu-2>crybaby from hell> Digitech multi chorus>digitech hot rod distortion>DD3 delay>boss compressions sustainer>TS-9 tubescreamer>modtone Atomic Phaser> back into board>40 watt pignose tube amp.

Looking into flangers, auto wahs now. Also, want to try some other distortion pedals.

[patl]

I made a homemade board from Home Depot scrap wood.

I need to revisit the underside of the board and the power strip, as there's not quite enough room for the 1 Spot power adapter on a surge protector, and I need to tidy up the unused adapters, but this certainly beats tossing pedals into a plastic tub every Sunday.

It's a tiny bit smaller than a Pedaltrain 2, only because that was the length of the scrap particleboard I got. It's got room for more pedals if I need them (I'm looking for a delay at the moment), and if I moved the volume pedal off the board, I'd have plenty of extra space.

It cost me more to buy the Velcro strips than anything else, and took 3-4 hours to make, including having my 3yo son "help" me

Other than another pedal or two and some power cable cleanup, I think the only thing this board needs is a little Buddy Christ bobblehead where other folks put an Easy button :-) Our church is goofy enough to enjoy that kinda thing.

[corosith]

My pedals are all over the place at the moment - I get a bit over eager when I purchase new pedal, madly rearranging and taking pedals out of the loop on my pedalboard!

The current combo of pedals on my board consist of:

Boss CS-2 Compressor
Stomp Under Foot Ram's Head Muff Clone
Boss GE-7 equalizer
Boss SD-1 Overdrive
Boss CE-2 Chorus
Electro Harmonix Deluxe Electric mistress
Boss DD-2 Delay
Behringer NR-1 noise reducer
into HiWatt High Gain 50 or Modded Behringer AC108 with tube preamp (replacement tube and Jensen 8-20 speaker)
All pedals run from 1 Spot daisy chained power, apart from the VT999 & EH EM.

Depending on my mood this lot gets interchanged with the following:

Bitmo Modded Behringer VT999 tube overdrive (+sovtek 12au7 tube)
Modded TS-5 Soundtank Tube Screemer
Proco Rat 2
Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal
Boss MZ-2 Metalizer
Boss PW-2 Powerdriver
Boss CE-3 stereo chorus
Boss DS-1 distortion
Boss Ph-1 Phaser rehoused
Behringer Vintage Phaser
Moen Overdrive
Moen Big Moo

Will post some pics once I get the chance to tidy things up a bit in my "music room".

[Razorc195]

This does me pretty good for Blues, and Classic Rock to Guitar Techno Trance music.


RAP; Its just CRAP without the `C'

[frankjc]

Pedals that are on and off my board:
Proco Rat (boost), Voodoo Labs Sparkle drive (boost), MXR Dist+,LPB1 clone, Another "clone" of a famous "boutique" booster, Octavia clone, DOD compressor, Crybaby wah with true bypass MXR phase 90, Marshall chorus. It varies, depending on what amp I am using. I use a Digitech delay in the effects loop.

[ZL1LoVeR]

Boss SD-1 > (planning on a Boss DS-2 here) > Slash Crybaby Dunlop SW-95 > (Planning on getting some looper here) > MXR Micro Amp

[Razorc195]

Originally Posted by scotzoid

Like, or need?

20 yrs ago, a fellow picker I worked with & I agreed that if you go with a Strat, you're gonna need at least one pedal to boost the signal (unless clean Fender tone is what your music calls for); ergo, here at Strat-Talk, I'd expect most everybody to have at least one good boost/OD/dist pedal in the signal chain somewhere. Now, ToneRanger's setup might be just a little over-the-top, or maybe it's just me...

I agree, oh which part I use a Keeley TS9 or Keeley compressor for a pre-amp. That way I can turn up the `Drive' on the TS9 for a little more growl when I need it, buy usually its down around 1 or 2. The compressor works great for this also..

as for Tone Ranger's rig....Thats a lot of pedals.... switches to select different signal train paths??

[amstratnut]

Originally Posted by Razorc195

This does me pretty good for Blues, and Classic Rock to Guitar Techno Trance music.


RAP; Its just CRAP without the `C'

Holy s... You'd have to be a ballerina to operate that thing.

[gitterfidder]

All you need is an amp now. your buying all those pedals to get a tone you simply need a tube map to have.

[ToneRanger]

Originally Posted by Razorc195

as for Tone Ranger's rig....Thats a lot of pedals.... switches to select different signal train paths??

Yep - a couple of them actually.
The Morley A/B/Y allows me to select either my "electric" path, my "acoustic" simulator path (direct to the sound system,) or use them simultaneously.

The Loop Master box further down on the electric side allows me to select between a "rhythm" loop (which now contains an Xotic EP Booster -> BB Preamp -> AC Booster) and a "lead" loop (now sporting a BK Butler Tube Driver-> Xotic AC Plus -> Dan Echo,) or hit master bypass and skip the whole lot of them for my clean tones.
The biggest changes lately is that most of my OD's are now Xotic - they're just freakin' GREAT sounding with my rig - they really work well with Fender or Fender influence amps. The AC Plus in my lead loop actually sounds like a vintage Plexi - I can actually cop vintage Cream tone with a strat! Throw in the BK over the top of that= 10,000lb violin.
The other experiment I'll be doing tomorrow is that I'm going to try and run less stuff through the amp's effects loop - the only thing I'm planning on leaving in the loop is the TC chorus, which goes stereo back into the amp - to really get the magic out of a TC you've gotta run it stereo. That means the Choralflange and both my echos will now follow the Boss NS-2 before heading into the front of the amp. I'm also planning on putting a vintage Fender volume pedal after the noise suppressor and before the flange and echo so I can do volume swells and still have the delay trails ("Xanadu" by Rush, anyone?)
Once I get everything rerouted I'll post new pics to further confuse everyone...

[LeftyBlake]

The only pedal I run is a compressor that my cousin built.

[ToneRanger]

Originally Posted by gitterfidder

All you need is an amp now. your buying all those pedals to get a tone you simply need a tube map to have.

Actually when space and volume allows I do use tube amps – a rebuilt-to-'65-specs mid 70’s Twin, a Peavey Classic 30 and a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe – all run stereo out of the TC Chorus. Unfortunately I haven’t had the opportunity to run that loud of a setup lately, but when I do hold on...
The problem I have is that to achieve all the different sounds in my head I would need a wall of amps, and quite frankly it’s cheaper to buy quality pedals the gives me a tone I like than to blow ten grand on amps. The great thing about Xotic pedals is they sound like amps - very touch sensitive, warm and round sounding - much better than even the internal models in the Line6 amp I use.
The other issue I have is that my primary gig is at a church and stage volume is major issue – if I were to run tube amps I would never get them loud enough to get any sweetness out of them.
So instead I use a Line6 Flextone III set to a warm, clear Fender Twin clean tone, and the signal travels out via XLR to the sound system. I have just enough stage sound with the amp in front of me to get sympathetic vibration so I can lean in for feedback, but on stage once the drummer starts playing you can’t even hear me – I use in-ear monitors to hear myself. Not an ideal situation, but it works and we get compliments all the time on the overall balance and clarity of the mix.
Not to mention all the guitar players who come up and rave over my tone before they even see the board…

[Razorc195]

Originally Posted by amstratnut

Holy s... You'd have to be a ballerina to operate that thing.

Not really, just turn on the basic couple of pedals for the particular song, and switch in or out maybe one between shared leads and rythms.... easy setup, has its own case, just need an A/B switch to reduce the path thru pedals never played in a particular path, then we should be good till somebody comes up with something new....

[Razorc195]

Tone Ranger:

Yeah, thats what I need is a path switch.... good excuse to go shopping today....

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Originally Posted by ToneRanger

Yep - a couple of them actually.
The Morley A/B/Y allows me to select either my "electric" path, my "acoustic" simulator path (direct to the sound system,) or use them simultaneously.

The Loop Master box further down on the electric side allows me to select between a "rhythm" loop (which now contains an Xotic EP Booster -> BB Preamp -> AC Booster) and a "lead" loop (now sporting a BK Butler Tube Driver-> Xotic AC Plus -> Dan Echo,) or hit master bypass and skip the whole lot of them for my clean tones.
The biggest changes lately is that most of my OD's are now Xotic - they're just freakin' GREAT sounding with my rig - they really work well with Fender or Fender influence amps. The AC Plus in my lead loop actually sounds like a vintage Plexi - I can actually cop vintage Cream tone with a strat! Throw in the BK over the top of that= 10,000lb violin.
The other experiment I'll be doing tomorrow is that I'm going to try and run less stuff through the amp's effects loop - the only thing I'm planning on leaving in the loop is the TC chorus, which goes stereo back into the amp - to really get the magic out of a TC you've gotta run it stereo. That means the Choralflange and both my echos will now follow the Boss NS-2 before heading into the front of the amp. I'm also planning on putting a vintage Fender volume pedal after the noise suppressor and before the flange and echo so I can do volume swells and still have the delay trails ("Xanadu" by Rush, anyone?)
Once I get everything rerouted I'll post new pics to further confuse everyone...

[ToneRanger]

Originally Posted by Razorc195

Tone Ranger:

Yeah, thats what I need is a path switch.... good excuse to go shopping today....

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Basically the same as I as the Loop Master I use without the 6 week wait...

[StratoBrew]

BBE Wah
BBE Soul Vibe
MXR Micro Amp
BOSS OD-3
Dano Cool Cat Drive
MOHOMODS RAT
MXR Classic 108 Fuzz
Ibanez FL-9
BBE Tremor
MXR Carbon Copy Delay

[abebrown_01]

Musician's Gear Pedal Tuner
TS-808 Clone (from General Guitar Gadgets kit)
Vox Snake Charmer Tube Compressor
Little Big Muff
EHX Dr. Q
Deluxe Memory Man
Ibanez Weeping Demon Wah

[ToneRanger]

As promised:

[boof]

shelf contains
Keeley 4 knob comp
majik box rocket fuel
Keeley ts9
retro sonic phaser
mxr evh flanger
mxr 10 band eq (fx loop)

[Hugh]

Here is mine now. The Dano eq has been replaced with a Barber Barb E.Q. and the Chicken Salad is off for now. The DOD Milk Box is a good compressor, but not true bypass, so I replaced it with a Tone Press.

[boof]

Originally Posted by Hugh

Here is mine now. The Dano eq has been replaced with a Barber Barb E.Q. and the Chicken Salad is off for now. The DOD Milk Box is a good compressor, but not true bypass, so I replaced it with a Tone Press.

how you liking the barb eq?
I can see what you mean by the chicken salad is off it does tend to go bad after a few days.....
for what its worth the keeley i have has worked like a dream for me for a couple years now.

Boof

[wazupwiop]

As of now it is: Crybaby Original, Digitech Bad Monkey, Digitech RP90, and a Boss DD20. I need a boost pedal, volume pedal, and a good distortion.

[bettsaj]

In the rack I have:

Furman Power conditioner
Samson Radio Reciever
Korg Tuner
Marshall JMP1
TC Electronic G Major
Voodoo Lab GCX Switcher
Electric Mistress
Big Muff
Phase 90
Boss DD3 Digital Delay
Marshall 9200 Stereo Power Amp

On the floor I have:

Voodoo Lab Ground Control Pro Midi Board
Ernie Ball Volume Pedal
Ernie Ball Volume Pedal (Connected to Ground control as expression pedal)
jim Dunlop Wah Wah (With reverse wah switch)

Yes you could say I like Dave Gilmour

[Malikon]

RazorC, that's a pretty scary/impressive pedalboard you've got there!!

Mine is much simpler, lol

[Crimson]

Not that much, But I like it as it is.

Boss RC-2 and Boss Space Delay

[CaptainMojo]

This thread seems like a pretty good one for my first post.

My board is really simple but full of dirt. Just how I like it.

Analogman NKT-275 Sun Face -> MJM London Fuzz II -> Analogman Beano Boost -> Vox V847A Wah-Wah

I'm still in need of a decent delay. I'm thinking about the reissued Aqua Puss but I might want a little more than 300ms.

[VENTgtr]

The schmungus:

Modded Strats & Custom LP-Type
Line 6 X2 Digital Wireless
Korg Tuner
Ernie Ball Volume
Cry Baby Wah
FullTone FatBoost 3
Ibanez TubeKing TK999HT
Series 10 Chorus (CHEAP, but great)
Ibanez Flanger
DOD Phaser (Not the greatest, but it's used for one part of one Chorus in one song)
Boss DD3 Digital Delay
Carvin X100B Head
Lopoline 2x12 Cabs (Warehouse Vet30 & Eminence RWB)

[Axeaddict]

Just finished mine recently..Ran all the power under the board..A one spot powers everything..Just got a tuner pedal so everything gets moved..may wait till I get my vol pedal too,

[boof]

Originally Posted by Razorc195

This does me pretty good for Blues, and Classic Rock to Guitar Techno Trance music.


RAP; Its just CRAP without the `C'

that is a bit of tap dancing. Adverse to switching systems for any particular reason?

[Hugh]

Originally Posted by boof

how you liking the barb eq?
I can see what you mean by the chicken salad is off it does tend to go bad after a few days.....
for what its worth the keeley i have has worked like a dream for me for a couple years now.

Boof

The BBQ is nice. I got the EVJ head used at a decent price, and don't want to spend money modding it. It is what it is, a cheap head. But the BBQ really lives up to it's promise of adding magic to a low watt amp with no eq. My old Sano only has bass and treble eq, and the BBQ works well with it too.

I finally settled on a layout and added a Carbon Copy

Guitar>LP (buffer application)>TP>DDLG>BBQ>CC>Amp

I haven't decided where to place the volume pedal in the path yet, so for now , this is it



This would give me stereo options w/3 outs, but that's down the road